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spill over
verb
(intr, adverb) to overflow or be forced out of an area, container, etc
noun
the act of spilling over
the excess part of something
economics any indirect effect of public expenditure
astronomy the part of the noise associated with a radio telescope using a dish antenna caused by pick-up by a secondary antenna from directions that do not intercept the dish
Example Sentences
But Rwanda has denied the accusations saying instead that its troops were deployed along its border to prevent the conflict spilling over to its territory.
However, before Lee’s take on Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller “High and Low” hit the big screen, some tension spilled over onto the red carpet.
This signals the end of one of the longest conflicts in the world - a historic moment for Turkey, its Kurdish minority, and neighbouring countries into which the conflict has spilled over.
With modern gang beefs often starting as spats on social media and spilling over into targeted violence, indiscriminate shootings are less common.
In the past three years, outbreaks of bird flu, formally called highly pathogenic avian influenza, in wild animals spilled over to dairy cows and poultry, infecting several dozen humans and even killing one American.
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